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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1902
Page
4
The notice advertises dress goods and displays, a premier meat market with fresh meats, and Sunday hours from 8 to 9:30 am and 5 to 6 pm. It also seeks fat cattle at top market price and highlights numerous grocery items with prices, including sugar, bran, sorghum, coffee, vinegar, rice, beans, prunes, and crackers.
President Roosevelt argues for a friendly Cuban reciprocity deal benefiting American producers and urges support for lowering tariffs on Cuban goods. The piece endorses ballot voting in primaries, open polling hours, and asserts majority rule in Scandia township with no room for chicanery.
A Rushville item about Sarah Jones visiting her old home is ridiculed by a Chicago editor who calls it GOOD GIRL SARATI. The piece contrasts rural and urban reporting, arguing country papers should write with character and avoid city sensationalism. Luowell Ledger notes the stance.
Fragmentary notes claim dramatic wheat yields in Kansas with doubtful prospects for timely harvest. The piece references public questions, work attitudes, and a weather-related event described as Cabriel blowing his horn, implying uncertainty and mood framing.
A newspaper style line notes that women fear their husbands will act after their departure while men do not contemplate such outcomes, reflecting gendered concern rather than direct event.
A proverb notes many claim there are 127 routes to heaven yet people fail to take advantage of one. It adds that people are hard to please.
Joh D. Rockefeller purchases colleges in Kansas to level standing with Andy Carnegie and his library initiatives, signaling a strategic expansion in higher education philanthropy and cultural influence. The move aligns with ongoing library and educational projects in the region.
P P Campbell of Pittsburg, nominated for Congress in the third district, is described as having hair parted in the middle. The remark adds that otherwise he is first class congressional timber.
The Lindsborg News notes a persistent yet unwanted tendency among readers to borrow more than they desire, highlighting a curious pattern in financial behavior and debt.
A brief local remark praises the Republican river in Kansas as the only well behaved river this year while others are cutting up, suggesting that Republican Valley people are favored by Providence.
Congressman Curtis recommends reappointing James Chris ham as postmaster at Atchison and rejects D R Anthony Jr at Leavenworth. The move gains broad support from Curtis's allies across the state.
A Kansas campaign defends the cottonwood arguing for its historic lineage and rightful place among trees. The crusade claims many other lesser trees deserve to be removed while cottonwood roots in the state’s arboreal heritage.
The Clyde event calendar shows a watermelon carnival kickoff held at an unspecified time of the week, aiming to attract local crowds while most county newspaper staff remain at work.
Courtland Register notes Hugos is linked to Charles Curtis for senator but Hugos states he is pledged to no U S candidate and prefers the convention choose its own nominee. The county will vote in the primaries to express preference.
There will be a Fourth of July celebration at Scott's grove west of Norway with music ball game horse races log rolling bowery dance and speeches by Capt. William Walker and Mrs. Evalyn Bradford of Concordia. Cattle sold to seven dollars eighty cents and hogs to seven dollars sixty cents top price reported in Kansas City yesterday.
The Kansas City Journal criticizes Cuba for freeing all Americans imprisoned there, calling the act a misplaced gesture that cheats justice to appease a country unconcerned with thieves. It notes Neely, a convicted post office boodler, is released as part of the amnesty.
A casual note highlights rain’s soothing effect and suggests summer showers reduce quarrels, offering a peaceful pause in daily life. The fragment hints at weather’s mood altering influence without detailing events or sources.
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